"As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter"
What does he mean by this?
>>7956417
The beginning of the statement is the utmost basics of quantum theory and his work. Then, IMO, he's stating that the same fundamental forces which give rise to our Universe created our sentient mind which perceives them -- leading to some deduction by Planck that matter only truly exists because we exist within matter to observe it.
>>7956438
"existence of a conscious and intelligent mind"
didn't he mean that god created that force?
>>7956448
Sure, whatever helps you sleep at night.
/sci/, do you think telekinesis is possible?
Yes, I think it definitely is, but I know it's not.
>>7956387
Can you guess my next post with your ESP ?
You have 60 seconds.
With neural implants it might be possible.
why does the universe exist /sci/
>>7956190
So that you can ask that question.
Irrelevant. It'll die.
That's just the way God intended it to be
How would I need to be treated while dying / dead and how to be buried to increase my chances of "Afterlife"?
is death = TV's plug out, and any near death experience just DMT, making you halluzinate in it's slow downed sense of time?
I want to believe in something like my conscious soul floating around freely, able to observe the functioning universe, is this likely?
>>7956141
No. You probably just die.
>>7956137
inside every beautiful woman is an old man?
is topology a meme ?
>>7955945
Asking "is X a meme" is a meme.
>>7955949
stating "[asking] 'is X a meme' is a meme", is a meme
>>7955945
It's homotopy equivalent to a meme.
Is getting paid to do homework for someone a legal offence anywhere?
I'm considering doing people's homework for $20 an hour and advertising on Craigslist, Gumtree or that 5 dollar service thing for people all over the world
>>7955922
Doing it is not illegal. Asking/paying someone to do it for them is probably, depending on where you are. Anyway, you can blackmail those idiots after a few sessions into giving your money in exchange for you not ratting them out. Seems like a good, solid enterprise.
Why would anyone pay someone to do their homework though? Do professors in the US check students' homework?
>>7955939
Yes, but they likely do in a number of other countries as well. It depends on the university, and sometimes even on the specific professor. Nationality doesn't really have anything to do with it.
In my case, (in the US), some professors check homework. I'd say about half don't.
Hello /sci/ I want to make a rendering engine,and i lack good literature/videos or any kind of sauce on triangular mesh data structures,any advice where to find some ?
If you're serious about it at this time you should be looking into something SVO based. Look into Vulkan.
>>7955903
I kinda prefer tri-meshes because of processing techniques,also want to implement retopology,am i missing the point ?
bump
not sure if this past exam paper is real
bump lol
common lads
pls. simple q, I dont understand why its not there
Are non newtonian engines legit or an elaborate ruse?
>>7955258
theories have to fit observations
not the opposite.
>>7955366
explain string theory
what causes diametric shifts in taste a society's in women? Is there any evolutionary advantage for men to like fatter/thicker women compared to what was ideal in the 90s and 00s?
How did we go from Spears to Minaj?
>>7955251
fuck i meant diametric shifts in a society's taste in women, it is late.
Nothing has changed, it's just a ruse to make fatties feel beautiful by promoting the "curvy" meme.
>>7955255
just browse /fit/ once.
How can a group that advocates fitness idolize thick/fat/chubby women?
Help me understand /sci/
im failing my math class
so im trying to grasp this logic when converting decimal to binary
>If you look at the chart, you’ll notice a relation to the numbers. Starting with 2, each number is double the number to the right of it. If you can remember this chart, you are over half way there. So now pretend you have a decimal number like 190 that you need to convert to binary. To convert it, you need to find the numbers in the chart, starting from the left, that will add up to 190. For starters, we know that 128 will fit in to 190 so let’s mark that one off with a one.
>Think of it like playing blackjack. You want to get to 21 but you never want to go over. So keep adding numbers left to right until you reach the correct number, if you go over, skip that number. Adding 32 brings us to 160, add 16 and that gives us 176. We’re still not over so keep going
What does it mean when? 128 goes into 190 exactly? I get that 128 is smaller and can fit into 190 yes, but theres 62 left over
>The next number, 64 won’t fit. That would add up to 192 so we’ll mark that one with a zero.
Now 64, in my logic does fit into 190 with 126 left over
Think of it like playing blackjack. You want to get to 21 but you never want to go over. So keep adding numbers left to right until you reach the correct number, if you go over, skip that number. Adding 32 brings us to 160, add 16 and that gives us 176. We’re still not over so keep going.
adding 32 brings us to 160? what equation is he using ? adding 16 gives us 176 ... where did he get the 16 from?
What is the most simplest way of me learning this /sci/ help no dont accuse me of troll im not good at math
>>7955085
Let's start simple.
Say you want to convert 10 in a binary.
In binary it is 101
You take 10 and check if 8 fits inside it. It does so write down
1
Then you're left with 2. Go to the next binary number which is 4. Does 4 fit in 2? No. Add a 0 to the previous 1 you marked down.
Go down a binary number again which is 2. Does the binary 2 fit in the remaining 2 that we have? Yes. So mark a 1 at the end.
So we have 101
Also how old are you? This should be highschool material.
>>7955085
Every digit of a binary representation represents a power of two, counting from the right. The rightmost digit is 2^0, next one is 2^1, etc. So you're trying to add up numbers of the form 2^n to get 190. You need to start by looking for the biggest one because you're only allowed one of each power (remember you can only have 0 or 1 in each place).
The biggest power of 2 that will fit into 190 is 128 (2^7), so that place has a 1. 62 is left. The biggest that will fit into that is 2^5, so put a one in that place. etc. etc.
>>7955140
I didnt do math in high school, i just got into college now, thank you for explaining im 24, im an idiot
Guys, I've come to the realization that free will and the idea of a self are both memes, and I'm freaking the fuck out. If there's no real "me" outside of the sum of all my life experience, and everything I will ever think or do is totally outside of my control, why go on living? How do I retain my sanity now that I have this knowledge? The only logical conclusion seems to be to become a hedonist (in the philosophical sense) and just pursue pleasure while trying to avoid all forms of pain or discomfort.
>>7954998
No, OP, you ARE mind control.
inb4 mickey and donald
>>7954998
You were that close to trips so basically, you're completely wrong by statistics.
- Consciousness controls the brain more to a bigger degree than hormones.
- Define what consciousness is and if I were to remove parts of your brain piece by piece, when would you no longer realize you exist but still go about your daily life.
Let's say there's 2 objects in the universe. A incredibly large object and another lesser object. These 2 are separated by an incredibly long distance, but enough for the objects to be within each other's gravitational pull.
Given a big enough distance wouldn't it be possible for the objects to exceed the speed of light due to the gravitational acceleration?
>>7954976
No; velocity doesn't work that way.
>>7954976
Yes, it's possible to *imagine* a reference frame from which one object appears to move at superluminal velocity /with regard to the other object/, but the manifold that composes questions with embedded "objective" reference frames isn't a valid form of relativistic reality. The problem is that you're trapped in the manifold is can only see the "objectively" superluminal object /as if it was/ moving at near-light velocity.
Is psychology even an actual science?
no, but worshipping shit as "science" is fucking retarded.
>>7954974
It is if you make a hypothesis first. It doesn't even have to be valid, it just has to be a hypothesis.
>>7954974
It's as much of a science as economics.
It's effectively an analysis of tends and the attempted application of the findings of said analysis.
what do you call a bird that doesn't eat?
dead
>>7954944
the twitter bird
>>7954944
In the dark year of 1932, two Australian soldiers were sent into the heart of the nation to suppress the overpopulated Emus. Outmatched and outnumbers, the Australian soldiers retreated, but not before killing several brave Emus.
These Emus do not eat. They were killed